Femi Adesina, former special adviser to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, has revealed he got a new job.
On September 1, 2023, he will assume the position of executive vice chairman at The Sun Newspaper, he told The Crest in an interview on May 26, his last working day at Aso Villa, about the new appointment approved by the company’s founder, Senator Orji Kalu.
Mr Adesina was the managing editor and editor-in-chief of the newspaper before his appointment as presidential spokesperson.
“I came from The Sun newspaper. I was the MD/editor-in-chief (of the publishing company). And when I wanted to leave, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu said ‘Don’t resign. You may get to the government and you don’t like it. You can always come back. Or, you may get to the government and stay eight years; you can always come back. I’m going to make you the executive vice chairman of the company.’ Not only did he say it, he issued me the letter. Yes, I have the letter,” Adesina said in the interview.
The news platform further reported that the long duration to start the new job is to allow Adesina “enjoy a well-deserved rest having been unable to go on leave throughout the eight years he served as the ex-President’s spokesman.”
It said the former presidential aide intends to go to “a quiet place somewhere in the world to write his memoirs”.
Adesina was also the president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) before his appointment as Buhari’s spokesman.
